Essential Oils and Tinctures

[Renee HarrellStudent]

Can you add essential oils to tinctures?  If so, are there some that you shouldn’t add or add to?  Also what would be the ratio of oils to tinctures?

[Roxanne KrohnStudent]

Do you need a carrier oil to use essential oils? Are some safe to use straight on the skin? Would this be a case by case situation? I understand I have much to learn, that is why I am here. Thank you for your replies.

[Peggy ChristyStudent]

Most people will tell you that you must use a carrier oil because a pure essential oil would burn your skin or you would have some adverse reaction to it. I use good quality oils and I rarely use a carrier oil and have no adverse reactions. Maybe I have tough old lady skin. I do use a carrier oil when applying on young children. So, my answer is use caution. A drop or two okay, but don’t bathe in them.

[Pamela AckerStudent]

I’ve found Tisserand’s Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals to be a wealth of information re: which ways particular oils can safely be applied.

 

Kind of wish I had found it before I accidentally sensitized myself to eucalyptus oil.

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[Lisa Farrant-WeaverStudent]

Thank you for the book tip.  I will add it to my list of books to get.  Lisa

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Jolene Danforth

[Patrice BayerStudent]

Thanks for the info on the book!

[Regina GoodmanStudent]

Thanks so much for this recommendation. I’ve been looking for a good reference and will check it out.

[Dr. Jed AdamsonModerator]

I have work with Essential oils a fair amount, and it is a good idea to use a carrier oil. Some oil can be used safety without a carrier oil, but the carrier oil not only protects the skin. It also holds the essential oil on the skin so it will be absorb, and not evaporate off to fast. As  for the answer to the question, “Can you mix essential oils and tinctures”. So much of our knowledge about Essential oils and health care started in France. There is a lot of history from W.W. 2, about mixing oils and tinctures in the field hospitals of France in the war. There was a M.D. from France who would come to U.S.A. and taught about blending oils and tinctures. I always liked to take his classes before he retired.

 

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Elizabeth Prackert, Dianna Nessing, Charlotte Chumlea, Samarrah, Malley

[Amanda EricksonStudent]

Do you know his name?

[Dianna NessingStudent]

Thanks for the idea on the book. I will be looking into it.

[Jolene DanforthStudent]

Pamela Acker wrote:

I’ve found Tisserand’s Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals to be a wealth of information re: which ways particular oils can safely be applied.

 

Kind of wish I had found it before I accidentally sensitized myself to eucalyptus oil.

thank you for the information.  That is one book I will be sure to get

[AnnettStudent]

I have this same exact question.

Doc, is it ok to mix tinctures and essential oils, keeping in mind that it’s not beneficial to combine high alkaloids with high tannins? Chatgpt says that alkaloids and tannins are missing in essential oils. Is this true? And, is there any problem in mixing tinctures and EOs that would be harmful?

 

I’m asking because my peppermint didn’t do well this year, but I have peppermint essential oil. So I’d like to know if I could add the EO to a tincture of yarrow and elder for a cold formula.

• This reply was modified 3 days, 7 hours ago by Annett. Reason: Just read an applicable thing on chapgpt

[Dee.MWStudent]

Personally, I would never ingest essential oils, so I would absolutely not add them to tinctures that you take internally.  One drop peppermint oil is like 20 cups of peppermint tea.  I recall Doc had an incident of spilling undiluted essential oil on himself and has reacted negatively ever since.  I use essential oils for aroma and diluted with carrier oils for topical applications only.

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